Revolutionary War Leaders
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Christopher Greene
A descendent of early New England settler Roger Williams and a third cousin of Continental Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene, Christopher Greene hailed from...
William ”Danger“ Thomson
Born in Pennsylvania, William "Danger" Thomson moved to the Congaree River in South Carolina where he farmed indigo. Thomson served in the Provincial...
John Paul Jones: America's First Sailor
VIDEO | Denounced as a pirate by the British and a hero by the Patriots, how did John Paul Jones, a Scottish sailor, become a Continental naval legend...
James Dunlap
James Dunlap received a captain's commission in the Loyalist Queens Rangers in 1776. Dunlap fought at the battles of Earle's Ford, Cedar Spring and...
William Chronicle
In the early afternoon of October 7, 1780, the Overmountain men crept toward British Major Patrick Ferguson and his troop’s position on a rocky...
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
Taking to the sea at age 15, Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte joined the French Navy as a midshipman. Making naval service a lifelong career...
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